INDEX. 



ABD 



4 BDOMEN of ant described, 10, 

 A. 13; of the Mexican honey 



ant, 19, 47 

 Acacia with hollow thorns in- 



habited by ante, 67 

 Affection leas powerful than 



hatred among ants, 106 ; absence 



of, among bees, 286 

 Agricultural ante, 61, 92 

 AMrovandus quoted as to ants, 61 

 Amazon ants, see Polycrgiu ru- 



Amber, an intermediate form of 



ant preserved in, 68 

 Analogies between ant societies 



and human, 91 

 Andre quoted as to Platyarthrut, 



76 ; as to the slaves of F. tan- 



.juin.il. Ml 



A itfryatoij 85 ; no workers among 



them, 86; degraded condition 



of, 89 

 Animal food, queens hatched in 



an artificial nest supplied with, 



40 

 Aitgnrrw* uujvipfdale, length of 



flowers of, 62 

 AiHHMma areent, the Driver ant, 



described. 90. 63; their blind- 



ness, 66 

 Ants, three families of, 1 ; four 



j-rii>l* of life- in, 6; duration of 



life among, 8, 38, 40 ; structure 



APH 



of, 10 ; different classes of indi- 

 viduals among, 18 ; communities 

 of, 24 ; games of, 28 ; their rela- 

 tion to plants, 60; often insecti- 

 vorous, 69 ; their relations to 

 other animals generally hostile, 

 63 ; their enemies, 26, 67 ; their 

 domestic animals, 67-78 ; pro- 

 gress among, 90 ; their beha- 

 viour towards each other, 94, 

 &c. ; mental powers of, 181 ; 

 their sense of vision, 11, 182- 

 220, 268; of smell, 127, 238, 

 258 ; of hearing, 221, 226 ; stri- 

 dulating apparatus among, 230 ; 

 their intelligence, 236 



Ant eggs,' 7 



'Ant-rice,' 61 



Antenna of ant described, 10; 

 sense organ in terminal portion 

 of, illustrated, 227 



Antennas as means of communica- 

 tion among ants, 163 ; as organs 

 of hearing, 831, 886 ; of smell, 



m 



Antirrhinum fertilised by bumble 

 bees, 64 



Ajttiutft made use of by ants, 25, 

 67 ; different species of, ut 

 by different ants, 68 ; their 

 honey, 69 ; their eggs tended by 

 ants, 70 ; not domesticated by 



